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North Korea and South Korea have reached an agreement to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea's National Security Chief, Kim Kwan-jin, announced.South Korea will get the apology it demanded over recent military escalation by the North, and South Korea will stop broadcasting...
23:05
Chancellor Angela Merkel today condemned the neo-Nazi riots outside a refugee shelter in eastern Germany over the weekend, calling the attacks and those Germans who stood by watching them shameful.Dozens of police were injured when a far-right mob hurled bottles and fireworks at officers trying...
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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen doubled its near-daily airstrikes today in the central province of Marib and the adjacent border area of Jawf, in order to allow allies on the ground to push north toward insurgent strongholds, authorities said.There was no immediate word on...
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Vice Admiral A R Karve today took over as the Chief of Personnel at the Naval Headquarters here. Karve's area of responsibility will include transfers, postings and promotions of naval officers across the country.Karve has taken over as the Chief of Personnel at the Naval Headquarters, an...
22:32
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for executing at least 30 people for sodomy, the head of an international gay rights organisation said today at the first-ever UN Security Council meeting spotlighting what organisers called the barbaric treatment.It's about time, 70...
22:00
Three leading news broadcasters, which were issued show cause notices by the government over their coverage of the Yakub Memon hanging incident, have defended their programmes saying these were according to the norms and did not violate any rules. Sources said NDTV, whose two channels NDTV...
21:51
USAID chief Alfonso Lenhardt is visiting India this week to attend a global conference of health ministers and practitioners on child and maternal deaths and launch the premiere of a film on girl's education. Kicking off his India travel from Mumbai, the acting administrator of US Agency for...
21:33
They grew up together, fought off an attacker together and accepted a nation's honour together.Three days after they pounced and subdued a gunman aboard a packed train, American childhood friends Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos got the Legion of Honor -- France's highest...
21:28
The Islamic State group has blown up a famed temple in Syria's ancient Palmyra, in an act the UN condemned as a war crime and an immense loss for humanity. The destruction of the Baal Shamin temple, considered the second-most significant in ancient Palmyra, raised concerns for the rest of...
21:23
With an average two Indian restaurants in the UK being forced to close down every week due to shortage of curry chefs, their owners have called on Prime Minister David Cameron to introduce short-term work visas to help them source cooks. Curry, as Indian food is popularly referred to in the...
20:27
Missile Complex Hyderabad which comprises Defence Research and Development Laboratory, the Advanced Systems Laboratory and the Research Centre Imarat will soon be renamed as 'Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Missile Complex', official sources said today. Defence Research and Development Organisation...
20:01
With onion prices touching Rs 80 a kg, the Delhi government today said that it will ask big traders of onions to import the kitchen staple in large quantity so that their price could be stabilised in the national capital. Development Minister Gopal Rai and Food and Supplies Minister Asim Ahmed...
19:49
The Delhi high court today pulled up All India Institute of Medical Science forensic department head Sudhir Kumar Gupta for not serving the copy of his reply to the institute and other parties, observing that he was trying to delay the proceedings on a plea seeking his replacement. Counsel...
19:23
BJP may take action against MP Shatrughan Sinha after Bihar assembly elections, say reports. Sinha has become an almost-open rebel by meeting with Nitish Kumar even as the PM strongly attacked the Bihar chief minister. Then when Modi attacked the chief minister personally, even questioning his...
19:16
Reuters reports: U.S. stocks extend fall - Nasdaq down 8.42%, Dow Jones 3.25%, S&P 500 down 3.42%
19:11
Just in: Nasdaq opens 8 per cent lower. The US stock index futures screamed lower on Monday, with Dow futures tumbling more than 700 points, as fears surrounding the health of China's economy multiplied. CNBC reports that the The New York Stock Exchange is invoking Rule 48 for the Monday stock...
19:00
Just in: US market to open shortly, poised for a sharp self off due to China volatility.
18:58
Karti Chidambaram, the son of former finance minister, P Chidambaram, says neither he nor his company or any company where he is a shareholder has received any summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The Enforcement Directorate had today summoned two directors of a company owned by Karti...
18:48
Rishi Kapoor takes umbrage at being called Ranbir's Kapoor's parent. @chintskap tweets: IE entertainment. What do you mean by Ranbirs parents? We have our own identity and she is Neetu Kapoor. Such inaccurate reporting by IE.The Indian Express tweeted: Ranbir’s parents @chintskap -...
18:27
National Investigation Agency sources have confirmed that they are likely to make more arrests in connection with the recent Udhampur terror strike case. NIA sources told ANI on condition of anonymity that people who had given shelter to captured Pakistani terrorist Naved have been...
18:19
ANI reports that OROP protester and army veteran Col Pushpender Singh (Retd) on hunger strike refuses to be taken to hospital, has joined Jantar Mantar protests again. Havildar Tej Singh has meanwhile replaced Col Pushpender Singh. The fasts are being run on relay.
18:19
Just in: War veteran Col Pushpender Singh (Retd) who has been on a hunger strike for eight days has been rushed to hospital. Col Singh (Retd) and Haviladar Major Singh (Retd) are on a fast unto death from August 16, protesting against the delay in the implementation of the long-pending One Rank...
17:44
Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, who is believed to be a part of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, will make a confessional statement before a magistrate in Jammu on Wednesday regarding the role of the terror outfit in carrying out strikes like the one at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir, where two BSF...
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Political parties must not be brought under RTI or Right to Information Act as they are not public authorities, the Centre told the Supreme Court today. This comes in the aftermath of a petition filed by the government which argued that political parties are not public authorities as they are...
17:13
People who gave shelter to nabbed terrorist Naved have been identified, more arrests likely: NIA.
16:30
Just in: Political parties must NOT be brought under RTI, Centre tells Supreme Court.
16:04
The Delhi pervert who's photo was posed online by a gutsy woman has been arrested. A young student in Delhi has filed an FIR that a man abused her on the road and then challenged her to complain against him after posing for her mobile phone camera.
15:59
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday sought to assuage fears in the economy over the large-scale sell-off in the stock markets and the fall in the rupee by saying that these are simply reactions to external events, and that there was no internal cause for these shocks.Three different external...
15:26
Italian marines case: A UN panel asks Italy and India to submit a report by September 24. The tribunal suspends all proceedings in the marines case and asks India and Italy to submit a report by September 24. The UN tribunal is hearing Italy's plea that two of its marines accused of killing...
15:19
PM Narendra Modi spends at least 30 minutes every day on planning the Bihar campaign with the top three stalwarts of the BJP -- Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley and Dharmendra Pradhan. An insider at 7 Race Course Road confirmed that at 10:30 am every day, Modi holds a meeting to get feedback on Bihar,...
15:04
Italian marines case: UN tribunal begins hearing Italy's plea in the case of the two marines accused of killing Indian fishermen.
14:27
Though the top leadership of the Congress and the BJP are being coy over making calling each other over GST, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma and finance minister Arun Jaitley recently had an hour-long meeting to sort out the differences on the approach of GST. As leader of the Rajya Sabha,...
14:10
The Supreme Court directs the CBI to take over all Vyapam cases in three weeks. This comes after the CBI today filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court regarding the Vyapam investigations and sought three more weeks to take handover of all cases. The CBI also sought three weeks to engage special...
13:56
Senior Congress leaders want the government to take the initiativeto speak to party president Sonia Gandhi on the convening of a special session of Parliament to pass the GST Bill. Without the Congress support the constitutional amendment cannot be passed in both houses since it requires a 2/3...
13:06
A young student in Delhi has alleged that a man abused her on the road and then challenged her to complain against him after posing for her mobile phone camera. Worse than the man's comments, says Jasleen Kaur, was the fact that at a busy intersection in the capital, no one helped. NDTV...
12:50
Just in: A MiG 21 IAF plane crashes in Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir. Pilots ejects safely.The aircraft had taken off from the Srinagar airfield and was on a routine training sortie. Defence Spokesman Colonel S D Goswami told PTI that A MiG-21 Bison of IAF crashed in Soibugh area of Budgam...
12:17
A gooseberry-sized diamond thought to be worth Rs 50 crore has disappeared from Panna, triggering whodunit theories in the Madhya Pradesh district known for its precious stones. Read more
12:12
After a brief lull, Pakistani troops violated ceasefire again by resorting to firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and civilian areas in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.There have been 52 violations of the border ceasefire agreement of 2003 by Pakistan in August and over 245 ceasefire...
12:03
The Aam Aadmi Party is described by its critics as a populist party. The term 'populist' doesn't help you place a party on the Left-Right spectrum. In a world where Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn are both described as populist, the only thing the term tells you is that the person or party...
11:56
Swaggering in the desert and glowering menacingly at the camera, Islamic State terrorist group's infamous executioner Jihadi John has in a newly released video vowed to return to Britain and carry on cutting off heads.In a one-minute 17-second video, the knife-wielding fanatic, Mohammed...
11:43
The failure of India and Pakistan to hold the planned meeting between their National Security Advisers, as was agreed in Ufa six weeks ago, is unfortunate, indeed disquieting. It should give pause to both Islamabad and New Delhi on what kind of relations they could possibly expect to have in...
11:34
Indian equities nose-dived more than 3 per cent today tracking massive sell-off in global markets as the benchmark BSE Sensex plunged by more than 1,055 points, while NSE Nifty fell by 334.55 points in late morning deals. The Sensex was quoted at 26,311.05, down 1,055 points at 1045 hours as...
11:20
The government's 10 per cent stake sale in Indian Oil Corp kicked off today with some demand coming in from retail investors in initial trade amid hefty sell-off in broader market. The government is looking to raise about Rs 9,302 crore from sale of 24.28 crore shares in IOC through a one-day OFS...
10:04
The rupee plunged by 66 paise to fall below the Rs 66 level against the dollar for the first time in almost two years in opening trade today on sustained capital outflows even as the US currency weakened overseas.At the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market, the rupee fell by 66 paise to 66.49 a...
09:29
Markets plunged in opening trades, amid weak global cues, with China’s benchmark index Shanghai composite plunging over 8% after the Wall Street crashed on the Friday owing to concerns over economic slowdown in China, the world’s second largest economy.The Sensex dropped over 1000 points...
09:02
India had planned a covert operation to take down underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, but the operation was compromised by some Mumbai police officials. This explosive revelation was made by former Home Secretary and now BJP leader RK Singh in an interview with India Today.Singh revealed details...
08:58
Islamic State militants have destroyed a temple at Syria's ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists have said, realising the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the extremists seized it and beheaded a local scholar.Palmyra, one of the Middle East's most...
08:57
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lead an all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, seeking Centre's relief to mitigate farmers' issues and also request his intervention in resolving the inter-state Mahadayi river dispute.Siddaramaiah on Sunday held meeting of...
08:56
Having barred over 1,000 local entities for suspected tax evasion through stock markets, market regulator Sebi will today discuss the suggestions of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT on black money with regard to the Participatory Notes (P-Notes).The Securities and Exchange Board of India's board...
08:55
Looking to garner Rs 9,300 crore from Indian Oil share sale today, the government expects its disinvestment kitty so far this fiscal to swell to Rs 12,600 crore -- making it the best 'first-half' in 7 years. So far, the government has sold minority stake in three PSUs -- PFC, REC and...
08:54
In fresh trouble for controversial 'godwoman' Radhe Maa, the Punjab Police has issued a summon for her, following a complaint lodged by a local resident Surinder Mittal, accusing her of trying to bribe him, threatening, torturing, seducing, hurting his religious sentiments and also for spreading...
